Carver Bob Ironside - ProfilesArchive

About Me

www.dotonshaft.com Lord's Supper Doubleneck
WELL, If you want a ONE OF A KIND guitar, carved to whatever you suggest as a theme... Then I'm the guy to talk to. I'm probably more affordable to deal with than you think. I hear what some people think I charge and think to myself... "man I wish!" [he-he]. I'm a woodcarving, music playing hermit. I LIVE TO CARVE and make beautiful personal guitars for people. End of story.
I should mention that I am physically disabled / challenged but it's kind of a blessing because it brought my two loves together... Guitars and Carving!!... I LOVE IT!! [he-he]
There will only be one of each guitar that I do and no others. Just like that movie Highlander folks There Can be Only One! he-he
Maybe in the future I'll offer a limited series of one guitar type but one of a kind is where my heart is.
Mike of www.dotonshaft.com Dot On Shaft GuitarsThe slideshow is of a doubleneck I've done for Mike. He's the coolest guy I've ever had the pleasure for working for. I also have to say that I think his sellection of guitars are incredible. He and his wife Nataly are the only people in the operation. They sellect and distribute everything personally. Really worth checking them out folks.
Here's Mike's link. Just click on the picture below. His guitars are top quality and yet affordable because he does all of it himself in terms of finding and distributing.

My Interests

THESE GUITARS ARE MADE TO BE PLAYED, SO DON'T BE AFRAID, THEY MAY BE PRETTY BUT THEY LEAVE AS TOUGH AS THEY CAME!

HERE's some near to finished progress shots of Dennis O'Toole's 12 String.WHEN CARVED UNIQUE THEY SOUND UNIQUE!Seriously. Folks are worried about playing them. Nah! I listen for tonality as I carve them. You can have a guitar that's been spat out of a machine a thousand at a time, or you can have one carved to a unique shape and tonality.They resonate and I swear to god, I can hear and adjust! If folks are worried about loss of sustain, I can add a slice of maple on the bottom no problem but so far I've not had that request [I think it would not be necessary but it is achievable easy enough].

I'd like to meet:

MikeyMike of www.dotonshaft.com's Lucifer's Fall

The MedusaCaster - Haven't Put it up for sale as yet. Anybody Interested? Message me!

Here's a work in progress of a relief carving I'm doing for a familly friend who's into Rockabilly. Not a guitar but I kind of think it's cool [well it's finished now but I didn't get a picture of it finished before they took it away]. img src="http://myspace-707.vo.llnwd.net/01127/70/77/1127737707_ l.jpg"

Music:

Here's a link to an old friend of mine's guitar shop here in Peterborough Ontario Canada. Click the picture below Tell him I sent ya! .
It's a great old store to have a coffee and check out vintage instruments, amplifiers and even get repairs done. Don's an old Pal of mine and has been for eons.

MikeyMike's Family Stories Axe
The idea being, that the elder Matriarch of the family tells the story of the family's past to the children and what happens, is we see what they imagine in terms of conquering giants, knights in armor and castles.

Folks, we've got to stop the slaughter of horses for overseas tables. There's better ways to feed people and horses are being cruelly treated and butchered. Just click this link to check out some ideas on it. Willie Nelson has adopted some horses but we need to raise awareness to this monstrous thing that's been going on. And ya, that movie with Tim McGraw "Flicka" is a horse killer. They tried to cover it up but a few horses were killed and the rest treated pretty cruelly during the shoot of that film!

The Mexican Theme Strat
Now A Personal Investment as a Collector's Item!

Movies:

Here's the Ghost Rider Guitar I carved for Dan Buckley

Television:

I just avoid it whenever possible. It's a big old fat skanky selling machine... selling everything from war to stretchy garbage bags with equal abandon... the only message is to sell the perishables [us included]. Have I blathered on too much? Ya, well I avoid television at any rate.

Books:

Check out this site if you get a chance there's a ton of things to read through and it features many great folks from myspace!

Heroes:

As far as guitar heroes go? Peter Green, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, Ry Cooder, Chet Atkins, Merl Travis.... It goes on for days folks.As far as heroes in my life? My family really. All of my family but especially my wife. She has to live with me after all!

My Blog

Saving Horses From Slaughter

Saving Horsese from Slaughter & FoodWell, what can I say. I was at a friends site and went to one of her friend links and watched this film on what's been happening with the horses in Americ...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:19:00 PST

John Hiatt with Sonny Landreth on slide

John Hiatt with Sonny Landreth on SlideIt's musical moments like this that make life living. Far from the idiocy of media following around Britney and Paris to see which one will open their legs first...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:30:00 PST

Lord's Supper Doubleneck Progress Shots

Shots In Progresswww.dotonshaft.com 's "Lords Supper" doubleneck progress shots.Okay, bear in mind that some of this needs fine tuning and some isn't finished AND... I'm a lousy freakin' photographer...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:35:00 PST

Johnette Napolitano's Voice... Concrete Blonde... God I love this Woman's Thang!

Just Thought I'd Drop this Video in Here Okay, this woman and this band were so fecking cool. Her voice is simultaneously soothing and a Saturn Five booster engine of power... AND CHARISMA... oceans o...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:00:00 PST

Assembled Medusacaster Neck-Through-Body

Medusacaster AssembledWell, this guitar was hand made from the ground up by luthier friend Dave Carl from Lakefield Ontario. It's Ash tonewood, it's a hardtail, with Standard Strat Alnico pickups, cop...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:41:00 PST

LIfe and Death Assembled & Strung

The LIfe and Death Guitar Assembled and Strung with Hand Painted Pickguard Under PlexiglassWell, I had a break today in the carivng and assembled my pet project guitar that I've called the Life and De...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:42:00 PST

The Cottage

I'm off to the Cottage to do some carving in one of my all time favourite spots for such things.I have a bench in the Garage and put on the headphones and just zone in on the work.I have a custom made...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Thu, 18 May 2006 10:43:00 PST

Carving

Carving is like painting, only deeper and with less colour. Unlike drawing, you just create the shading but with carving you create the angles which in turn oblige you with shade from real light [aahh...
Posted by Carver Bob Ironside on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:38:00 PST